 | 1894 - 1008 Seiten
...days to come are foreshadowed in one of the closing entries : " This day, much against my will, I did see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon...of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw." The unabridged diary constantly deepens our sense of what may almost be called the pitiless veracity... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1894 - 436 Seiten
...later he records with a thrill of alarm, which somehow reaches us at this distance through his words: ' This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane...mercy upon us," writ there, which was a sad sight.' . . . That terrible visitation of the plague, of which we have so many distinct yet closely resembling... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1894 - 528 Seiten
...doores . vjd"4 And at a later date, during the Great Plague of London, Pepys noted : — "June 7, 1665. I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked...writ there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the I i r- i. of the kind that, to my remembrance, I ever saw."5 When this County was visited by the epidemic... | |
 | Daniel Defoe - 1895 - 342 Seiten
..." (Dec. 14). From Pefys's " Diary." I " June ith. — The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury „...Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross ' , \ I upon the doors, and ' Lord, have mercy upon us,' writ ! ^ there ; which was a sad sight to... | |
 | John Bain - 1896 - 136 Seiten
...Pepys records the following on the 7th of June, 1665: " The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane...was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind, to my remembrance, I ever saw. It put me into an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was... | |
 | William Andrews - 1897 - 312 Seiten
...smoaking." Pepys says in his Diary on June 7, 1665 : — " The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane...that to my remembrance I ever saw. It put me into ill-conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll tobacco to smell and chew,... | |
 | 1907 - 854 Seiten
...stood to their posts. Here is Pepy siJune 7th. The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day I did in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked...the doors and "Lord have mercy upon us" writ there. June 21st. I find all the town almost going out of town, the coaches and wagons being full of people... | |
 | 1900 - 460 Seiten
...in his Diary, under date 7th of June, 1665, writes : " The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drury Lane...kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. It put me in an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll tobacco, to smell... | |
 | 1900 - 472 Seiten
...writes : " The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did in Drurv Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross...kind that to my remembrance I ever saw. It put me in an ill conception of myself and my smell, so that I was forced to buy some roll tobacco, to smell... | |
 | George Hodges - 1901 - 158 Seiten
...the plague came. On the 7th of June, 1665, Mr. Pepys makes this ominous entry: "This day," he says, "much against my will, I did in Drury Lane see two...red cross upon the doors, and ' Lord, have mercy,' written there ; which was a sad sight to me, being the first of the kind that, to my remembrance, I... | |
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The hottest day that ever I felt in my life. This day, much against my will, I did - in Drury Lane see two or three houses marked with a red cross upon the doors, and " Lord have mercy upon us!" writ there; which was a sad sight to me, being the first... 
